Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair] 8.55 am
I beg to move amendment 72, in clause 1, page 2, line 2, at end insert— ‘(6) Before this section is commenced, the Secretary of State shall, by...
I beg to move amendment 74, page 32, line 14, at end insert— ‘(2A) The scheme would ensure that the benefit of any local government retained earning existing immediately prior to the...
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I beg to move amendment 76, in clause 2, page 2, line 9, afte r ‘regulations’, insert ‘, but only after consultation with such persons as may be...
I beg to move amendment 1, in schedule 2, page 37, line 16, leave out from ‘meeting’ to end of line.
I beg to move amendment 79, in clause 3, page 2, line 39, lea ve out paragraph (a).
I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 4, page 3, line 22, aft er ‘Act’ insert ‘and provision made under it’.
I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 5, page 4, line 6, at end insert— ‘(2A) Subsection (2) applies to a provision of or made under this Act even if it...
I beg to move amendment 88, in clause 6, page 5, line 13, lea ve out ‘year’ and insert ‘previous three years’.
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Amendment made: 14, in clause 7, page 5, line 29, leave out: ‘an auditor (a “local auditor”)’ and insert ‘a local...
Amendment made: 15, page 38, line 21 [Schedule 3], at end insert— ‘(4) A local auditor appointed to audit the accounts of a parish meeting must be appointed by the...
I beg to move amendment 96, in clause 8, page 6, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) A relevant authority must have an audit committee, which may be instructed...
[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 96, in clause 8, page 6, line 20, at end insert— ‘(1A) A relevant authority must have an audit committee, which may be...
Amendment made: 16, in schedule 4, page 40, line 4, at end insert— ‘(6) The function of appointing a panel or making a determination under this paragraph is to be...
I beg to move amendment 100, in clause 10, page 7, line 19, af ter ‘auditor’, insert ‘, Police Commissioner’.
I beg to move amendment 114, in clause 11, page 8, line 23, le ave out: ‘other than a health service body’. I apologise to the Committee for taking us...
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 116, in clause 12, page 9, line 18, at end insert— ‘(c) ensure that costs to a relevant authority of auditors appointed by the...
I beg to move amendment 118, in clause 14, page 10, line 46, a t end add— ‘(8) The provisions of this section shall remain in force until five years...
I beg to move amendment 119, in clause 15, page 11, line 20, l eave out ‘the Mayor of London and’. Amendment 18 helps to illustrate why we have tabled...
I beg to move amendment 120, in clause 16, page 11, line 24, a fter ‘may’, insert ‘after consultation with relevant authorities’.
I beg to move amendment 19, in schedule 5, page 43, line 3, at end insert— ‘(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006 includes...
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (this day): 123, in schedule 5, page 43, line 21, leave out ‘1221 (approval of third country qualifications)’.—(Roberta Blackman-Woods.)
Question proposed, That the schedule be the Sixth schedule to the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 127, in clause 19, page 13, line 12, a t end insert ‘, including through joint arrangements with other relevant bodies.’.
I beg to move amendment 137, in clause 20, page 14, line 1, le ave out paragraphs (d) and (e).
I beg to move amendment 138, in clause 21, page 14, line 25, l eave out ‘every document’ and insert— ‘documents relevant to the audit’.
Amendment made: 32, in clause 22, page 16, line 14, a t end insert— ‘(4A) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a parish meeting unless the...
I beg to move amendment 33, in schedule 7, page 60, line 38, after ‘is’ insert (i) a functional body, (ii) an entity connected with a functional body, or (iii) ’.
I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 27, page 19, line 6, le ave out from ‘may’ to end of line 7.
[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 141, in schedule 8, page 67, line 22, leave out from ‘the’ to end of line and insert ‘addressed to the Chairperson or Mayor of the...
Amendment made: 52, in clause 30, page 20, line 9, at end insert— ‘(5) Subsection (6) applies if a local auditor of the accounts of a relevant authority...
I beg to move amendment 142, in clause 31, page 20, line 22, l eave out paragraph (f). Yes, it is good to make progress on a number of clauses where we can see the...
I beg to move amendment 53, in schedule 9, page 72, line 17, at end insert— ‘(10A) In this paragraph “enactment” includes— (a) an enactment...
I beg to move amendment 55, page 75, line 4, in schedule 10, leave out ‘paragraphs (a) and (b)’ and insert ‘paragraph (a)’.
I beg to move amendment 144, in schedule 11, page 76, line 36, at end insert— ‘unless there is an overriding public interest in favour of its disclosure’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 146, in clause 38, page 24, line 4, le ave out ‘one or more specified local authorities’ and insert ‘a local authority’.
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
Amendment moved (this day): 146, in clause 38, page 24, line 4, leave out ‘one or more specified local authorities’ and insert ‘a local...
[Mr Mike Weir in the Chair]
Amendment proposed (19 November): 146, in clause 38, page 24, line 4, leave out ‘one or more specified local authorities’ and insert ‘a local...
I beg to move amendment 149, in clause 39, page 26, line 46, at end insert— “This section shall not apply to City Deals signed prior to the commencement of this...
Amendment made: 62, in clause 40, page 27, line 29, a t end insert— ‘(fa) regulations under section [Appointment of auditor by specified person]...
Amendments made: 63, in clause 41, page 28, line 44, l eave out from ‘auditor’ to end of line 45 and insert— ‘has the meaning given by...
I beg to move amendment 66, in schedule 12, page 81, line 9, at end insert—
I beg to move amendment 151, in clause 43, page 30, line 15, l eave out subsection (2). The Minister may be able to give me a simple explanation and reassurance and...
Amendment made: 134, in clause 46, page 31, line 4, le ave out ‘Section 38 comes’ and insert ‘Sections 38 and [Access to local government meetings...
I beg to move amendment 71, in clause 47, page 31, line 40, l eave out subsection (2). I will not detain the Committee for more than a few moments. The amendment...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with the appointment, by a person (an “appointing person”) specified by the Secretary of...
‘(1) A local auditor has a right of access at all reasonable times to audit documents from private companies that the local authority have contracted significant services to during the last...
‘(1) The Secretary of State shall by order make arrangements for the Comptroller and Auditor General to be added as a prescribed person for the purposes of the public interest disclosure...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for and in connection with allowing persons— (a) to film, photograph or make sound recordings of proceedings at a meeting...
‘(1) In Part 3 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Act 1972 (procedure in parish meetings), paragraph 18 is amended as follows. (2) Omit sub-paragraphs (4) to (6). (3) At the end...
Amendments made: 135, in title, line 10, after ‘publicity;’ insert ‘to make provision about access to meetings and documents of local government bodies;’....
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